As the National Trade Development Organization, PalTrade is the private sector institution with direct mandate in trade development and promotion. As such, PalTrade has been a member of the Gaza withdrawal technical committees, and made important contributions to the reports to the AHLC on trade development and facilitation and other related forums. PalTrade is a founder and member of the Private Sector Coordinating Council (PSCC), a consortium of all major private sector institutions, and an important partner of industry and service associations. PalTrade was the private sector representative institution in negotiations on movement and access during and following the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip.

As part of the World Bank project "Facilitating Trade Flows between WBGS and Israel and other projects, PalTrade has been monitoring and reporting on trade activity at Al-Montar/ Karni terminal since August 2005, PalTrade also follows up and collects data on other terminals/border crossings in the Gaza Strip. Based on the physical presence of PalTrade employees at AlMontar/ Karni terminal, PalTrade has established a solid professional relationship with the terminals' authorities, which has facilitated collecting and processing firsthand information and trends. Terminal statistics in Gaza Strip have been collected in full collaboration with the terminals' authorities; mainly representative offices of Border & Passage General Dept., Ministry Of Finance, Customs Directorate, Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of National Economy.

PalTrade (funded by USAID) has developed the "Palestinian Terminals Database" in response to the increasing demand of international and local organizations for regular and customized cargo movement data, combined with their and need for updated statistics and trends.